specialties

LGBTQIA+ Family Planning

Thinking about starting a family can bring up excitement, fear, longing, and a hundred questions all at once.

For LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples, it often also means navigating systems that weren’t built with you in mind. Therapy offers a space to slow down, explore what family means to you, and feel supported in the decisions ahead.

Whether you're considering IUI, IVF, adoption, surrogacy, or parenting in a nontraditional structure, we’re here to support the emotional and relational side of the process. That includes the grief that can show up, the communication challenges, and the joy, too. We approach this work with care, clarity, and a deep belief that your story deserves to be held with respect.

Therapy for LGBTQIA+ Family Planning can support goals like:

  •  Exploring what family and parenthood mean to you

  • Clarifying next steps around fertility or adoption

  • Navigating decision-making with a partner

  • Processing disappointment, uncertainty, or loss

  • Coping with systemic barriers and identity-based stress

  • Feeling more prepared, supported, and affirmed in the journey

How we approach LGBTQIA+ Family Planning:

  • Approach family-building as an emotional, relational, and identity-driven process—not just a medical one

  • Name systemic barriers without letting them define the work

  • Make space for grief, joy, ambivalence, and nonlinear timelines

  • Stay grounded in queer- and trans-affirming frameworks

  • Validate the emotional toll of navigating systems that weren’t built for you

  • Support your decisions without pressure, prescriptiveness, or assumptions

Our Team

  • Beth Gladstone, LCSW, SIFI

    Beth Gladstone, LCSW, SIFI

    Founder, Clinical Supervisor, and Psychotherapist

  • Laura Sack, LMSW

    Laura Sack, LMSW

    Psychotherapist

  • Nina Dreyfus, LMSW

    Psychotherapist

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Thinking about starting a family—but not sure where to begin?

 Your path to parenthood deserves care and reflection.
There’s no one right way to build a family and we’re here to help you move through this process with clarity, intention, and support that affirms who you are.